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"Rethinking Criminal Justice ? Why Black Prosecutors Matter"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this interesting new piece appearing in New America Media.  Here is how it begins: Nearly three weeks after the midterm elections, the winner of the hard-fought race to become California?s next attorney general has not been determined. Kamala Harris, the San Francisco district attorney, holds a razor-thin lead over Steve Cooley, her Los Angeles County counterpart, with some 680,000 votes remaining to be counted. While the stakes are highest for California residents, the AG race is also being watched closely in legal circles nationwide, especially by people concerned about criminal justic policies and practices that have a harmful affect on communities of color.  They support Harris? efforts to address these issues...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 19, 2010 (boomark / email).